The Olinia Uno is a planned six-passenger car that can travel up to 125 kilometers (77 miles) on a single charge. It is expected to go on sale next summer for about 150,000 Mexican pesos or roughly $8,500, according to a press release.
The car is designed for urban settings and has a top speed of 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour.
Sounds like terrorism to me. Another good reason for the US to invade and install a puppet. /s obviously. Fuck the USA.
Mexico is cool
Yeah, I mean, they are the source of (nearly?) all avocados. Can’t beat 'em…
I wonder if this is being aimed at a replacement for the ubiquitous bocho, or original VW bug, that still dominates the intracity car fleets of the many smaller cities and towns in the mountains Central region. If it’s rear wheel drive that’s my guess, those things only ever go on nigh-vertical narrow cobblestone roads in dense urban environments so low range and slow speeds won’t matter at all.
Mexico has 36M cars currently on the road. I would be more worried if I was an American selling into the Mexican market
Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Rep. Haley Stevens recently introduced the Protecting America from Chinese Cars Act, which aims to ban connected cars built or designed in China, as well as other adversarial countries like Russia and Iran, from entering the U.S.
Love a bipartisan commitment to bad economic policy
ban connected cars
Does that mean that unconnected Chinese cars are OK? Talk about a win-win… just pull the SIM / antenna.
50 kmh isn’t much, even for city driving.
Dublin city centre is 30kph limit.
Car brain alerta… Car brain alert.
It’s plenty for most cities in the world.
I know in the US everyone’s driving at 120mph through tight city streets while shooting children, but the rest of the world isn’t like that.
Speed limit in cities in Denmark is 50 km/h with many places being 40 or lower, so it would be quite relevant here
That’s more than enough speed in an urban area. Safety is more important than speed.
Considering how.much people look at their phones instead of the road I think 30km/h should be the max in cities.
Most of Japan’s cities are 20-30. There are some bigger, multi-lane roads that are 40 or 50. It kinda depends on road size, curvatures, and how residential the area is.
My best guess is it will be part of their public transport system. As an example, in Mexico City they have small vans that run up and down a hill but spend most of their time at the base of the hill waiting to go back up. They could charge for a bit while they wait at the bottom.
But why?
The car is designed for urban settings and has a top speed of 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour.
It sounds like maybe a 25kWh battery? Why can’t it have a real top speed like every other actual car?
Why can’t it have a real top speed like every other actual car?
They skimped out on safety and crumple zones in order to make it lighter and cheaper, but that makes it extremely unsafe at high speeds.
Finally a good looking EV
Put a pop up camper top on it and I’ll take two
Top speed of 31mph, and with a camper on top, it will be even a bit slower than that. 77 miles of range also isn’t a lot for something you want to go camping in. If your campground is more than 38 miles from the nearest charger, you’re just shit out of luck – not to mention that your camper on top will also significantly reduce range…
It sounds shitty and awesome and exactly what I want.
You know who.else showed off a new extremely cheap government backed vehicle … HITLER
No way it’ll be allowed in the US, our automotive industry is terrified of legitimate competition.
wait where’s the rear window
Where we’re going, we don’t need
roadsa rear window.
Its a golf cart…
